{news} Input sought for national greens convention numbers-GP-US Proposal: ID 336 - Approval of the Winner of the IRV for National Convention Delegate Apportionment Formula

Fri Jan 11 17:28:47 EST 2008

Dear State Greens,

  It looks like we will have 20 delegates under the current proposal and we would like your feed back if any.

  Tim McKee
  Manchester
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  PROPOSAL SUBJECT:
This proposal presents a formula to be used to calculate delegate apportionment for the 2008 GPUS Presidential nominating convention, GPVA version.
  BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:
The current proposal is based directly on the results of the previous efforts to achieve a broad consensus for apportionment to the GNC.
Except for minor adjustments to address newly approved convention rules and attendance projections suggested by the ANMC, results are identical to percentages of GNC representation.
  PRESENTER: Green Parties of Virginia, Arkansas, West Virginia, Montana
  CONTACT:
Tamar Yager, 703-534-2187 (home), 502-296-3849 (cell)
greenyager at gmail.com
  REFERENCES:
GPUS Proposal 272: Allocation of Delegates to the National Committee of the Green Party version 2
http://green.gpus.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=272
GPUS Proposal 295: Delegate Allocation for GPUS National Committee Delegate Allocation for GPUS National Committee
GPUS Proposal 323: Rules of the Presidential Nominating Convention of the Green Party of the United States
http://green.gpus.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=323 
  FULL PROPOSAL:
ALLOCATION OF DELEGATES TO THE 2008 GPUS PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING CONVENTION
  ARTICLE I - ALLOCATION METHOD
GPUS affiliated caucuses and state parties shall receive 4 times the number of delegates allocated for the Green National Committee. Unaffiliated states, territories and caucuses, credentialed according to convention rules or affiliated after apportionment, shall be allocated four votes and four delegates.
  ARTICLE II - DELEGATES AND VOTES
Each delegate seat counts for one vote.
Proxy votes are allowed, as provided for in the convention rules, as long as the total number of votes cast for does not exceed twice the number of voting delegates in attendance for that delegation.
  ARTICLE III - ALLOCATION OF DELEGATES
Except for the addition of delegates according to Article I above, each state, caucus and territory shall be allocated the number of delegates as follows.
  State: Delegates/Votes (% for informational purposes)

   Alabama: 8 (1.0%)   
   Alaska: 8 (1.0%)   
   American Samoa: 4 (0.5%)   
   Arizona: 8 (1.0%)   
   Arkansas: 8 (1.0%)   
   Black Caucus: 4 (0.5%)   
   California: 168 (20.1%)   
   Colorado: 12 (1.4%)   
   Connecticut: 20 (2.4%)   
   Delaware: 8 (1.0%)   
   District of Columbia: 16 (1.9%)   
   Florida: 16 (1.9%)   
   Georgia: 8 (1.0%)   
   Guam: 4 (0.5%)   
   Hawaii: 8 (1.0%)   
   Idaho: 4 (0.5%)   
   Illinois: 44 (5.3%)   
   Indiana: 8 (1.0%)   
   Iowa: 8 (1.0%)   
   Kansas: 8 (1.0%)   
   Kentucky: 4 (0.5%)   
   Lavender Caucus: 4 (0.5%)   
   Louisiana: 8 (1.0%)   
   Maine: 44 (5.3%)   
   Maryland: 16 (1.9%)   
   Massachusetts: 32 (3.8%)   
   Michigan: 24 (2.9%)   
   Minnesota: 12 (1.4%)   
   Mississippi: 8 (1.0%)   
   Missouri: 8 (1.0%)   
   Montana: 8 (1.0%)   
   Nebraska: 8 (1.0%)   
   Nevada: 8 (1.0%)   
   New Hampshire: 4 (0.5%)   
   New Jersey: 12 (1.4%)   
   New Mexico: 8 (1.0%)   
   New York: 40 (4.8%)   
   North Carolina: 8 (1.0%)   
   North Dakota: 4 (0.5%)   
   Ohio: 12 (1.4%)   
   Oklahoma: 8 (1.0%)   
   Oregon: 24 (2.9%)   
   Pennsylvania: 32 (3.8%)   
   Puerto Rico: 4 (0.5%)   
   Rhode Island: 8 (1.0%)   
   South Carolina: 8 (1.0%)   
   South Dakota: 4 (0.5%)   
   Tennessee: 8 (1.0%)   
   Texas: 12 (1.4%)   
   U.S. Virgin Islands: 4 (0.5%)   
   Utah: 8 (1.0%)   
   Vermont: 8 (1.0%)   
   Virginia: 8 (1.0%)   
   Washington: 12 (1.4%)   
   West Virginia: 8 (1.0%)   
   Wisconsin: 24 (2.9%)   
   Women's Caucus: 4 (0.5%)   
   Wyoming: 8 (1.0%)
  Total Possible Delegates - 836 

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voting at gpus.org wrote:
  Date: 10 Jan 2008 05:05:01 -0000
From: voting at gpus.org
To: natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org
Subject: [usgp-nc] Discussion Has Begun on GP-US Proposal: ID 336 - Approval
of the Winner of the IRV for National Convention Delegate
Apportionment Formula

Discussion has begun for the following proposal:

Proposal ID: 336 
Proposal: Approval of the Winner of the IRV for National Convention Delegate Apportionment Formula 
Floor Manager: Holly Hart, holly-hart at uiowa.edu 
Discussion Dates: 01/10/2008 - 01/11/2008 
Voting Dates: 01/12/2008 - 01/18/2008 

Voting ends at Midnight Pacific Time

The GP-US strives for consensus, which involves several steps,
taken in order..

Clarifying questions and responses from the group making the proposal.
Airing of concerns and discussion about how to improve the proposal
by taking into consideration those concersn
Call for consensus on the final proposal.

Background: There have been some differences in the NC as to the appropriate
formula for delegate apportionment for the GPUS Nominating Convention.
Five proposals have been presented by various sponsors. They were
presented for an IRV vote. 

The proposal of the Green Party of Virginia was the winner of the IRV
vote, passed on 1/7/08 with Ranked Choice Vote - #332. 

The winning proposal must have a 2/3 majority, but neither the Voting
Page nor IRV allow for determining the % of a majority. Therefore, the
proposal that received the majority from the of this IRV vote is now
submitted to another vote to gain 2/3 majority approval by the NC.

Proposal: The Green National Committee hereby adopts the formula, below, as the
delegate apportionment formula for the national nominating convention

Delegate Apportionment -- GPVA
This proposal is based directly on the results of the previous efforts
to achieve a broad consensus for apportionment to the GNC. Except for
minor adjustments to address newly approved convention rules and
attendance projections suggested by the ANMC, results are identical to
percentages of GNC representation.

http://green.gpus.org/vote-proposals/delapportionVA.html

Resources: CONTACT: Tamar Yager greenyager at gmail.com

References: http://green.gpus.org/vote-proposals/delapportionVA.html

Full details are available at:

http://gp.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=336

Please send your comments to natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org.

Thank you and have a wonderful day!
--The GP-US Voting Admin

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  Tim McKee
  Manchester CT
  Home-860-643-2282
  Cell-860-778-1304
  Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT.
  BLOG- http://TheBigGreenPicture.blogspot.com/

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